Guy-anchor.



PATENTED MAY 19, 1903.

L. D. PITCHER.

GUY ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILD DBO.

' No MODEL. v

Jil/L 0% I KEA/TOR UNIT-13D i STATES Patented May 19, 1903.

LESTER D. PITCHER, OF DIXON, ILLINOIS.

GUY-ANCHOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 728,609, dated May 19,1903.

Application led December 26, 1902. Serial No. 136,584. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern,.- v

Be it known that I, LESTER D. PITCHER, a

. citizen of the United States, residing atDiXon,

in the county of Lee and State of Illinois, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in-Anchors for Guys for Telegraph- Poles and theLike, of which the following is a specification.

My invention ,relates to improvements in anchors for guys fortelegraph-poles and the like, and more particularly to that class thatare screwed into the ground.

The object of my invention :is to provide a device of this character inwhich after having been screwed into the ground the backward rotationthereof is prevented, and thus the anchor cannot be withdrawn by anupward pull thereon.

Another object of my'invention is to provide a device of this characterwhichis more easily and readily screwed into the ground.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side View of my improvedanchor. Fig. 2 is a view showing the anchor after it has been screwedinto the ground and the locking lever or bar inserted.

Referring now to the drawings, A represents the body portion of mydevice, which is preferably an elongated round piece of metal, althoughit could be made flat, if desired. The lower end of said body portion Aconsists of a piece of rounded metal B, which is formed into a screw,and by turning the upper body portion A the screw will force itself intothe ground similar to that of a corkscrew. At the extreme lower end ofsaid body portion I provide the downwardlyextending pointed stud C,which is adapted to enter the ground and drill an opening for the bodyportion, as the whole body portion is intended to be under ground whenthe device is in its operative position, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 ofthe drawings. It will be understood that any upward strain put upon thedevice would have a tendency to rotate the body portion, and thusunscrewthe same. In order to overcome this difficulty, I provide the bodyportion with an obliquely-arranged` slot D, and after it has been firmlyset in the ground I provide a key E, which is a flat elongated bar whichis driven through the oblique opening inserted until said key isremoved. A slot F is provided in the upper end of the stem portion, asclearly illustrated, into which one end of the bar E may be inserted andused asa lever for screwing the device into the ground until the top ofthe slot reaches the surface,or, by removinga few inches of earth, theentire device can be screwed below the surface. A narrow trench is thendug adjacent the slotsF and D, which permits the bar to be forcedthrough the bottom of the slot F or the oblique slot D for locking theanchor, as above described. The guy-wire is then inserted through theupper end of slot F and secured in any desired manner and the trenchfilled with earth, thus burying the anchor and lock-bar withoutdisturbing'but a small portion of the solid earth, which greatlyincreases the resistance of the earth, and consequently the strength ofthe anchor.

While my invention is shown in the drawings in a vertical position, itwill be understood by those skilled in the art that the anchor isscrewed into the earth at an angle, which is governed by the distancethe said device is placed from the pole or object to be guyed. v

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

l. An anchor of the character described, comprising a body-portion, adownwardlyextending screw adjacent its lower end, the said body portionhaving an oblique slot therein and a key adapted to be driven throughsaid slot 'and into the ground, substantially as described.

2. An anchor of lthe character described, comprising a body portion, aYdownwardlyextending screw adjacent its lower end, a pointed membercarried by the extreme lower end of said body portion, said body portionhaving an obliquely-arranged slot above said screw, and a key adapted tobe driven IOO through said slot and into the ground, substautally asdescribed.

3. An anchor of the character described comprising a body portion, a.downwardlyextending screw adjacent its lower end, a pointed membercarried by the extreme lower end 0f said body portion, said body portionhaving an obliquely-arranged slot above said screw, an elongated slotabove said oblique slot, and a key adapted to be driven into 1o eitherslot, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

LESTER D. PITCHER.

Witnesses:

W. C. DURKES, WM. B. JOHNSON.

